Lithium in my water because you are afraid I am going to kill myself?

---http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9801EEDF153BF934A15751C1A96F9C8B63&ref=lithiumdrug

^this article is pro- lithium in the water, but if you think about it, Lithium is really just reducing the amount of blood that flows to your brain, thus making humans more submissive, and less likely to revolt (but they are saying its so people don't commit suicide, twisting it to make it look like a good thing). It is so fucked that the government does things with out having the people vote on it, America says we have choice, but we actually have the choice roll over and take it!

SnowBowl/ double class

Last class was pretty informative and pertained very well to the Lake Tahoe Basin in many ways. We talked shortly about the "Capitalist Tower" and how the tope tear is comprised of a very small percentage of people (>0.01%), but those at that level probably have most of the wealth in the our economy. The upper class is dependent on the labor class and with out them, the gears would stop because there would be nobody to turn the economic wheel. Some feel that there needs to be a better distribution of wealth; instead of keeping most of the people impoverished, there should be a restructuring of how much income everybody makes. This would make life easier for most of the populous, but the powers that be want the people to be impoverished (unhappy) because it keeps them dependent on the system even more so, because that makes the working force only focus on producing, rather than focusing on time for themselves (happiness). The idea of making a more fair pay wage for all is hard to conceptualize for some because we are not hearing the whole story because we have the same people telling the story (the >0.01%).

Another key thing we learned was the difference between Fair Trade and Free Trade. Fair Trade is the idea of fighting for good wages for LDCs laborers, versus Free Trade which actually is the opposite. Free Trade is where international corporations undercut prices of goods to get rid of local products or other competition.

To cap off the class we went and watched a Native American Series movie about the struggle with the Native populous and the Snow Bowl Ski Area in Arizona. In short, the ski area is making man-made snow that is made from re-claimed water. The multiple native tribes in the area hold the snow bowl mountain as sacred, and feel that spraying the re-claimed, man-made snow on the mountain is the same as spraying pee/ poo water on a Church. The Native plea has fallen on def ears, and just goes to show how the hierarchy of the Capitalist Tower plays out in the real world. As far as I know the Feds (USFS) has allowed for snow making to be built, with no plans to yield to the Native's requests. Here is a recent link to the Snow Bowl battle:

-http://www.onthesnow.com/news/a/16715/arizona-snowbowl-wins-another-round-in-snowmaking-pursuit

http://news.yahoo.com/analysis-obama-pitches-middle-while-gop-eyes-110840367.html

i see some connections to the article below. maybe USA could turn into Greece if things are handled improperly by our government.

Greece article

http://news.yahoo.com/rioting-engulfs-athens-buildings-burn-vote-210502929.html

>interesting... don't really know where I stand on this. Greece (Rome) is one of the first countries to experience collapse and I think it's ironic how history is repeating itself. Guess I'll have more to say in class.

Class 3

Last class started to get more involved as far as getting the classes opinion about the topic. We talked mainly about viewing life from other people's perspectives. Mainly we focused on how it is for people of African or Hawaiian decent to view how things are. It seems that the system that is, makes it hard for people who are born into less wealthy families, and that just because "slavery" is abolished in this country, the ideas "slavery" are still around and thats what still keeps people oppressed. We talked a bit about how we felt about how "colored" skinned people (Hawaiian mainly) view "white" people. I personally feel that we should all be able to coexists at this point, and the whole idea of making a "place" or "thing" exclusive for one race is out-dated and that idea harbors hate. But at the same time, I cannot see from other people's perspectives and can't fully say that people who think like that, don't have the right to, because I don't fully know what is like because I have not lived their life. Tolerance is not the key but acceptance and compassion is what will make for less tensions. Trying to view life through other people's eyes isn't as easy as it is said, but when we can realize that every person wants to be appreciated and feel like they are of some worth to society. If somebody is mad about how things are, then that is their right too, and I shouldn't waist my time trying to convince them other wise because I can't fully know why there is a problem with their life. Respect for other people's views (even if they don't match mine) is what will make for less tension, not trying to convince the whole world that I am right...